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Medline

Makes and delivers medical supplies to hospitals

Maintenance Technician 1

Equipment MaintenanceUpdated on Nov 6
Full-timeArlington Heights, IL, USA$28.75 - $41.75 /hrIn-person

About the Job

Requirements

  • Experience with injection molding, blow molding, or BFS is strongly preferred.
  • Experience using a computerized maintenance management system (CMMS).
  • Conveyor belt experience.
  • Clean room experience.
  • Three years of experience with conveyor, automation, or robotics equipment repair and maintenance.
  • Fundamental understanding of machinery and equipment.
  • Basic skill level in multiple computer software packages, including Microsoft Excel.
  • Experience working with inputs, outputs, and programmable logic controller (PLC) logic systems, and ability to troubleshoot these systems.
  • Ability to frequently move, lift, and carry supplies or equipment up to 50 pounds and occasionally up to 75 pounds.
  • Ability to stand for at least 8 hours and up to 12 hours, for up to 6 days a week.
  • Willingness to learn new equipment as it is brought online.
  • Ability to continuously ascend and descend ladders and stairs; work at heights or from a ladder; work from a lying-down position; and work with hands above the head.
  • Willingness to operate material-handling equipment such as a fork truck.
  • Ability to write documents and reports using writing instruments and computers, and read information including small-print drawings.
  • Ability to follow safety procedures such as Lock Out/Tag Out and Arc Flash, use personal protective equipment while maintaining equipment, and eliminate potential equipment safety hazards.
  • Willingness and ability to work overtime as needed.

Responsibilities

  • Set up, adjust, perform preventive maintenance on, troubleshoot, repair, and maintain assigned equipment, with responsibility for production and quality.
  • Perform preventive maintenance and routine inspections on assigned conveyors, automation, robotics, and ancillary equipment as needed.
  • Troubleshoot assigned out-of-service equipment, correct issues, act as an escalation point for lower-level technicians, and escalate issues to leadership or more senior technicians as needed. Record maintenance issues in the maintenance log for each line.
  • Document all work in the computerized maintenance management system and ticketing systems as appropriate, and maintain accurate operating logs for fire pumps, generators, HVAC equipment, and other facility systems tested routinely.
  • Perform root cause analysis of major downtime events.
  • Assist maintenance mechanics with work requiring two people or when operational needs demand.
  • Perform assigned facility and building project work, including light bulb and ballast replacement, door repairs, furniture installation, ceiling tile replacement, carpentry, plumbing repairs, and maintaining operation logs.
  • Assemble and test equipment to verify correct operation and production.
  • Analyze and record causes of production delays on daily production reports and initiate procedures to solve equipment malfunctions.
  • Examine defects, analyze causes of spoilage, take corrective action where possible, and verify that the corrective action has eliminated the problems.

Desired Qualifications

  • An associate degree in Mechatronics, Electrical Engineering Technology, Mechanical Engineering Technology, or HVAC, or equivalent.
  • Graduation from an apprenticeship program or current trade certification.
  • At least three years of experience in a building maintenance position.

About the Company

Medline

Makes and delivers medical supplies to hospitals

Medline makes and distributes medical and surgical supplies for hospitals, surgery centers, nursing homes, physician offices and other care sites. It runs its own factories alongside a large network of warehouses and delivery routes, so one company can produce exam gloves, gowns and surgical kits and then deliver them straight to the bedside. Many health systems sign multi-year prime vendor agreements that make Medline the source for most of their medical-surgical supplies. It earns money selling its own products and those of other manufacturers, together with supply chain services. Medline was founded in 1966 and is based in Northfield, Illinois.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Northfield, IL
Founded
1966

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